The Brookhaven leader., 1887-10-13

was filed with valuable spirits. The
whole stock was destroyed, despite the
efforts of the firemen to save it, and with
in an hour the distillery was in ashes.
The loss on the building is $25, 200, and on
spirits SlJ0,0O0.
THE total amount of bonds offered to the
Government on the 81 was 1895, 7jJ, OF
which $242, 800 were 1-2, and SJ3, 2J0 were
4per cents.
SECRETARY LAMAR has decided that the
Wisconsin Central railroad is entitled to
its grant of land from Portage to Ashland,
Wis, and directed that patents for the
same be issued. lie denied tho applica-
tion of the road for a suspension Of the
recent order of withdrawal until the road
could adjust its grant.
JOHN NJ. KEIM, a wealthy farmer OF
Lobachsville, Pa, committed suicide on
the night of the 9th by shooting himself in
the head. Deceased was indicted at the
last term of court on a charge of defraud-
ing bank out Of 500, and it is supposed
that trouble led him to take his life.
A HOUSE located in a block bounded by
Michigan, Ontario, Locust and Lagrange
streets, Toledo o., was recently vacated
and new tenants moved into the dwelling.
While a ci stern was being cleaned out on
the 7th, it was found to contain the bodies
of thirteen infants. The house was former
ly occupied by midwife, who has been
arrested.
COLONEL c. W. CoOMBs, of Monteau
County, Mo-, celebrated his silver wed.
ding al Washington, d. c., on the 7th.
NJ. MAUDET, the French Consul at Lauri-
um, Greece, has been dismissed on account
of attentions paid by him to an Orleans
princess, while the latter was making a
tour Of the country.
YELLOW FEVER is reported again preva-
lent at Tampa, Fla.
AT the Knights of Labor General As
sembly at Minneapolis, Ninn., on the 18th,
the secretary presented his annual report.
SILAs HAMPTON and Seaborn Green were
hanged for murder at Forth Smith, Ark,
on the 7th.
THE scientific surveying parties sent to
the far Northwestern British possessions
by the Canadian Government report sue
cessful results.
THE acquittal Of Lord Mayor Sullivan
of Dublin is regarded at London as virtu-
ally a death blow to the Tory govern
ment's policy of coercion in Ireland.
GEO. WISNILL, Esq, engineer of the
Northwestern State railway of India IS
visiting this country studying the railway
methods.
AT Wooster, O., on the 7th, Frank Roth
OF Cleveland, was convicted of murder in
the first degree for killing his wife. The
murder was committed last spring, while
Roth and his wife were visiting in Woos-
ter, and was prompted by Jealousy.
The first snow of the season commenced
falling i'll Montana on the 7th The
ground about Livingston was covered
three inches deep. Snow had fallen on
the mountains, and the high peaks were
coated white.
A. w. QUINN, late of the quartermas-
ter's department, United States army,
committed suicide at Manchester, N. H.,
on the 7th, by hanging. His death is at
tributed to melanchoiia consequent upon
the death of his wife.
IN the report of Minister Hubbard to the
Department of State, wherein he gives in
formation relative to the trade of Japan
for 1889, he intimates that America is dis
criminated against in the awarding of
government contracts for public works.
The report of the London Board Of
Trade for the month of September shows
that the imports increased fl,71O,00o over
September, 1886, and that the exports,
compared with the same month, increas-
ed f090, 900.
THE acting Secretary of the Navy on the
7th received dispatch from Rear Admiral
Chandler, commanding the Asiatic squad
ron, dated Nagasaki, Japan, September !,
in which he says he viii send a ship i'm
mediately to Nonage island Of the Caro-
line group to investigate the native massa-
ere of Spaniards and protect American in
terests and missionarie in India.